Reading: Odyssey Oct 26Books 11-13 ,16 Oct 31 Books 19, 22,24, Introduction
Dylan a Day: Tin Angel (listening/Discussion Session Below)
Odyssey Exploration: Small Groups consider the adventures in Books 11-13, what themes are playing out, what is the impact of all this on Odysses?
Balladeers and traditional ballads - Murder Ballad Monday borrows a useful typology of ballad singers from folklorist Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus ( Her article (and it is worth reading as a perfect specimen of its sort) is "Ballad Singers, Ballad Makers, and Ballad Etiology." Here is how MBM (and Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus) see the types of ballad singers: Preseverators - "who try to faithfully memorize and repeat the song they hear"
Confabulators - "who enjoy expanding and embellishing [a ballad] in order to make it more entertaining to their audiences."
Rationalizers - "who intentionally shape the story so that it conforms to their own esthetic or moral values."
Integrators - "who almost wholly [recreate] the song :
For the interlude: An "Arthur" Episode based on the Odyssey
The songs we'll be listening to will pertain to the topic on the evolution and interpretation of traditional Ballads through time:
Preseverators - "who try to faithfully memorize and repeat the song they hear"
Confabulators - "who enjoy expanding and embellishing [a ballad] in order to make it more entertaining to their audiences."
Rationalizers - "who intentionally shape the story so that it conforms to their own esthetic or moral values."
Integrators - "who almost wholly [recreate] the song :